Lock And Glue Tummy Tuck

This was presented as a poster at the 2011 british association of aesthetic plastic surgeons baaps meeting and it won the first prize.

Lock and glue tummy tuck. Lock and glue surgery is a very safe effective way to remove excess skin and create a more defined contoured tummy. A tummy tuck is a cosmetic surgical procedure to improve the appearance of the abdomen. Most of my adult life i have had a body that i covered up having 3 children and losing a large amount of weight i decided to have an abdominoplasty. Lipoabdominoplasty tummy tuck is a common plastic surgery operation.

Kevin tehrani board certified plastic surgeon performs a revision tummy tuck procedure for this patient. This was presented as a poster at the 2011 british association of aesthetic plastic surgeon s baaps meeting and won the first prize. After much research i chose mrs kat as my preferred cosmetic surgeon. During a tummy tuck excess skin and fat are removed from the abdomen.

Instead of using traditional drains he is able to use tissue glue to attach the. Lock and glue tummy tuck. It was then presented w. The lock and glue tummy tuck refers to the use of tissue glue and internal sutures designed to reduce and eliminate the usual dead space that exists between the abdominal wall muscles and the overlying skin and soft tissues.

I now have a six pack stomach of which i m very proud and the. It is like a conventional tummy tuck but the way the scar is sealed is. I am calling this the lock and glue or super glue tummy tuck and to date i have carried out this procedure on about 100 patients. This is a presentation modified for general public viewing of my lock and glue or superglue tummy tuck.

The original presentation was an analysis of my first 100 patients. It is very effective for correction of skin overhang and muscle laxity after weight loss or pregnancies. Nbsp this space is created when the tissues are separated in order to repair the underlying muscles and to remove the extra skin and fatty tissue of the abdomen the. The lock and glue tummy tuck.

The british association of aesthetic plastic surgeons baaps reported 3 147 patients operated by baaps members in 2010. I hope to publish this technique in one of our peer reviewed plastic surgery journals in the near future as for harriet she said. As a leader in her field her passion for her work the techiques she uses and attention to detail.